Soot-cleaner for water-tube boilers.



F. vv. LINAKER.'

S001 CLEANER FOR WATER TUBE BOILERS.

APPLICATION lLED NOV. l2. 195.

Patented Sept. 17, 1918.

2 SHEETS-SHFET I.

E. W. LINAKER.

SOQT CLEANER FOR WATER TUBE BOILERS.

APPLICATION FILED HOVi i2. 1915.

aentedfept. 17, 1918.

A 2 SHEETS-SHEET 2.

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BEST AVMLABL Op I UNITED STATES-PATENT FFLCE.

-FREDERICK W. LINAKER,'0F DUBOIS, PENNSYLVANIA, ASSIGNOR, BY MESNE ASSIGN-- f MENTS, TO THE VULCAN SOOT CLEANER CO., QF DUBOIS, PENNSYLVANIA, A CORPO- RATION QF DELAWARE.

E To all whom# may nonne/11n:-

Be it known thatl,l FREDERICK LINA-f man, :i 'subject' ofthe King of England, re- ,lsiding at Dubois, in the'county of.Clea1-iield- :und lState ofjPennsylvanid', have`invented` certain f newi' and Vuseful Improvements. i-n 'Scot-Cleaners.y for :VVater-Tiibe Boilers, of. which the following` is*afspeciiicationff 'fj This invention" relates' to 'Certain new and tg; cleaners for "f" fsj' ywater tube boile "y .The present invention has 'particular reference to waterftube boilers that liave`asso'-j ciated with the banks ofmtubesibaille platesthat extend l 'pa'ral1el;.with the tubes andgarf.

'In boilers oft-his charactenit has4 heretofore" found ini-V possble -to "-lpositior' lafclea'nini fluid l distributing pipe gadj acent the water tubes with- 'out breaking-the continuity of thelmiile's, and

vranged adj ncentthesa me -in so .doing the gases and fproduts'of conibustion passingV from `the 'furnace box' into v the heating chamber will be permittedto escape through the openings in the baffles and passv from, thc :furnace without all' 'of the f heut in thegases andA products ofco'xnbustion having 'been utilized, and also without hav'- ing passed overithe entire. surfaces of the water tubes. Realizing` the disadvantage'of providing the' clearanceopenings in baflie `.walls for the positioning of cleaning iuid :distributing pipes, the e vpresent invention aims tonegative the loss-of heat in. the

ivasted'gases and `products. of vcombustion and.

provides housin orcovcrings for the cleanng fluid' 'distrlbuting'ff'pipesj whe'reln -the i'ousingrs or coverings' are preferably supoorted by the baille plates and close the-'open-y :ngs therein'l thatprovidesclearance. for the listributing pipes. ''The particular oonstrction of the disributinpV pipe and 'its inode of operation loes not enter into the details of the present nveution, :1s the same may be a rotary --disributing pipe or a ,stationary distributing vipe,' but 'the form shown-is substantially hat which lis shown in patent granted to )e LosV E. Hibner and F.. W. Linaker, t21,144,543, dated June 29, 1915.

Itis also to be noted that the present inention may 'as Well be applied to a vertical r semi-vertical water, tube' boiler ortv the ythroughout the several views VvB5 invention applied 1j-'tlieretofv Iillustratingthelower and upper baffle plates, withv the hous--vr i ingsiorcovermgs `for the uid distributing yportion of the baille wall and a-v water tubev ,positioned between the same in cross-section.'

pletelyover and engageall of thetubes' 11, Vthere is provided alower baiiie wall l12 that `YSOO'LCLIEAIQI' ER. F01?, WATER-TUBE i 1' spe'cmcatign afrettersratent. Patented Sept, 1 7, 191g 4 i Application inea November 12,1915. s'riim. 61,101. 'i V Stirling type as well as a horizontal water tube boiler. i With these general v:objects -in view and l others thatwill'apperjas lthena'tu're 'of theL l invention better understood, thesamecon" sists `in 'the j nvelr, constructnin,- combinati onl and arrangement of prtshereinater more v fully described,'illi1s`trated in the accompany'- ing drawings, and'then claimedi i v In the drawings forming a part of this al plicationl and in lwhich like designating characters. refer-ifi to corresponding parts,

1;- Figure 1 is. ,aulongitudinalz sectional -viewiof a portion -of a*wate`tube boiler of the" horizontal water tubeg type with the present pifes associatedjwith the upper baille plate. ig`2 is'- across-sectional view of alpor-l Vtion of4` a.v vertical water tube lboiler of. the?y i Stirling ype that includes baille plates with 75 the present invention applied thereto.' 1 1 1 Fig. 3 is a-longitudinalsectional view of af l portion of the boiler setting-,with the heusingv or covering for the Vdistriimting pipe shown Ain"se ction,and j -30 Fig. 4 is an enlarged detaill cross-sectionalv view of one of the housings or hoods for 'the n, 1 distributing ipi'pe, there also being' shown a' s with the; cleaning anni distributing pipe 86 Referring more in detail to the accompanying drawings; and partieularlyeo Fig. 1, the

reference numeral lq'designates a boiler setj ting of any preferred construction having 90 positioned -therein'thhorizontal water tubes"v E' 11 positioned directly above the 're chamber; l In order thattheggases and productsvo .com-fyhustion from the ire chamber may pass comis supported in any vpreierred manner adjacent the water tubes 11v and extendsfrom'the' front ends, thereof toa point adjacent the j rear ends as is indicated. upper baille 109 plate 13 -i's' ;s'upported in any preferred man- 'ner 4adjacentthe upper water tubes l1 and extends from therear ends of the tubes to a point adjacent the frontends thereoffs; tat-.L

BEST AVAlLBLE COP baille Wall 12. and travel toward the rear ends of the Water tubes l1 to pass completely over and Contact the saine and further tobe (lirected bythe upper baille plate 13 in a direc- Y Y -tion toward'the front ends of the` water tubes.

Cleaning fluid distributing pipes. are ai'.-

I 'ranged within the boiler settinglO and are preferably positionedadjacent the upper ones ofthe water tubes 11 and also in proit-f,

imity to 'the upper` baille plate 13. A 'pre'- fe'rred form of distributing pipeis shown in. Fig. 3 and is designated by the numeral 14, y the said pipe passing through one side ot the boiler setting '10.. as at 15y and having the closed inner end thereof received in a'socket or recess 16 at Athe opposite sideof the boiler1 Setting. Cleaning fluid distributing nozzles? 17 are carried. the distributin'gpipe `14'- and are'desirably'is'paced relativeto' tliewaf1' l-and cover the distributing pipe 1l. At the ter tubes l1 so that soot and othercoatings-i-point., where tlu` lower side edges 2T of the on the boiler tubes may be ieinovedvby action ofthe lje'tsof .the cleaning fluid agent. from the nozzlesl'. The form of distribut- .ing pipe shown isv o'f the rotary'. type although the saineinight as well be ofthe stav tionai'y type without in" any inannei-ailect ing the gist of' tlie'presentinvention, and

as shown, the'outer projecting end ofthe ills-1` tribut-ing 'pipel is provided with a toothed Wheel 18 overivhich 'a cliain,19.o'r other driv-y ing means passesaiidabyrwhich the' dis? 'tributingfpipe is 'revo1ved. The operating chains are shown'-.in.dotted lines inlFig. l and have been omitted. from Fig. 3. In. or-

der to further support the distributing'pipe 1-"14, there are pro'ijided clamp meinbcrsQO that are detachably connected to upper ones of the boiler tubes 11' while tbe'said clainp 4members carry journal collars 21 through which the distributing pipe extends, this construction being more clearly shown in Fig.'3.

The piping systemfor feeding the clean- .ing fluid agent tofthe distribut-ing pipes .14' '-includesi'amain sgpply having.; a controlling'- valve 22 the main supply pipe 22 communicating, Aifiththe yt'feed pipe Q2"- which in turn iimniunicates.with the dis-- l tributing pipes by iiieans of the branch pipes l swivel connections to enable the distributing pipes to be revolved. with dangcrmt the- 23, there being provided controlling. val ve. 24 for each branch pipe as well as drain cocks 25 for the inain supply and feed pipes.

The distributing p'ipc 14 iss-preferably connected to `the branch'pipesvQ `by {luid-tight @cleaningluid 'agent escaping, obviated.

jacent-the upper` row of iva-ter tubes 11, it is necessary that openings or clearance spaces ,be provided inthe upper baille plate 1 3. Un-

vit,

will escape therethrough and fail to pass completely over the tubes, and in the present be formed in sections as shown in FiO'. 3

but may be constructed in 'any suitable inanner toineet the required conditions. A t'the extreme rearend of the upper baille plate 1,3 there is pryided an opening that is'of a width 'substantially equal to the width otl the hood 2 6, as is shown in Fig.` 4, and the hood lowered into the opening; to`.span t-he saine hood QG rest upon the water tubes 11 and enl gage the side walls of the hood opening. the.' p

sanie-inay lie-sealed as liv plasticceincntor other suit-able material indicated by the ret'- erence i'niinei'al 28 so that .in reality the continuity of the upper baille plate 13 is notf- Y disturbed. The central portion of the upper baille plate 13 is broken away to .provide a tributing' pipes 1l that are arranged adjacent each other and in this instance a pair plate. The hoods in this position also rest upon the upper row of tubes 11 whiltl a sealinl; material such as liquid lreinem before mentioned seals tliejoint between the baille plate and the outer side edges of the hoods "as at 28 while tbc inner contacting side edges .are sealed as is indicated by the reference nunicral 25). l Substantially this saine forni oi combined hood construction is positioned at the 'extreme 'toi-ward end of the-baille plate 13 and is inziunted in a similar manner above the tubes and cleaning" (luid distributing pipes. The forniofhooii herein shown is a preicrrcd torni ot constructoi'i butr the saine niay take any i csired forni without de.-

- 'part, in;r from the gist oivlhc present invention, and it, is also to be noted that the nniferial from which the hood is constructed :clearance for a' pair of cleaning fluidv dis` :jg

inav bc niadc of any heat resistin,"r material.

The invention is equally applicable to a v'vri-tical water tube boiler or senil-vertical n l water tube boiler wherein any baille plates In positioning thedistributing pipes ad-" extei'id parallel to the banks of tubes and this adaptation of the invention is shown in Fig. 2 wherein the boiler setting 10. includes the seniisvertical tubes 30 having the baille wall v 1 positioned adjacent the saine and extending parallel thereto. i In this construction of als AvAiLABLE COF" I boiler, the baille plate'l is provided with a shown and described are what are believed tobe the preferred embodiments thereof, it

is nevertheless to be understood that vari- .ous forms, modifications and arrangements of the parts may be `-made Without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention as claimed..

What I claim as new is 1. A soot cleaner including a cleaning fluid distributing pipe, discharge nozzles carried by lthe pipe, a hood for the pipe I slightly spaced therefrom to provide a clearance for the' nozzles ,and a baille having an opening therein for the reception of the hood.

2. A soot cleaner including a cleaning Huid aiaribuangpipe, a taaie par@ having a clearance opening therein for the pipe, and ahood associated with the bafilegplate overlying the plate opening and pipe.

3. A soot cleaner including a cleaning fluid distributing pipe, arranged adjacent boiler tubes, a baille plate having a clearance opening therein for the reception of the pipe, and a hood spanning theclearance opening and covering said pipe.

lg t. A soot cleaner including a cleaning liuid distributing lpipe arranged adjacent ,boiler tubes, a baille plate' resting on the upper row of tubeshav'ing a clearance opening for the pipe, and a hood received in said plate opening and resting on said tubes overlying Vthe 'pipe and sealing the plate opening.

5. A device of the class described, including boiler tubes and a'bafiieplate arrangedy parallel thereto, said plate having openings therein, cleaning uid distributing pipes arranged in said openings, and hoods spanning the openings overlying the pipes.

6. A device of the class described, including a bathe plate having a cleaning fluid distributing pipe clearance openingintermediate lthe ends thereof, a cleaning iuid distributing pipe arranged therein, and a hood spanning said opening. 4

7. A soot cleaner including a bailleplate `interrupted intermediate its ends, cleaning iuid distributing pipes associated with the 'interrupted portion of said baiilel plate, a Apair of coperating hoods associated with said interrupted portion of the plate and covering said pipes, the said hoods having abutting side anges and sealing means for the joints between the baille plate and hoods.

8. A device of the class described, including a ballie plate interrupted intermediate its ends, a cleaning fluid distributing pipe located at the interrupted portion, and' means associated With the plate vfor Arestoring the continulty thereof and overlying the pipe.

allel to boiler tubes, ysaid plate being interrupted intermediate the ends thereof, a cleaning Huid distributing pipe located at the interrupted portion,'and meansasociated With the plate for restoring the continuity ,thereof and providing a-hood for the pipe.

A devicejof theclasshdescribed including a ball'le plate arranged substantially par.

In testimony vvhereof Iv aiiix my signature in presence of two Witnesses. FREDERICK W. LINAKER.

Witnesses:

RUTH L. FYE, p VERA M. Ho'rcHKiss. 

